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    audience. By demonstrating the concept of conflicting perspectives the composer is able to glorify their perspective in contrast to another to enforce their agenda‚ they position the audience through language to side with them. The tight narrative “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare’s utilises the final days of Caesar’s

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    Betrayal from a friend is the worst thing anyone can do‚ take Julius Caesar for example that’s dead now due to Brutus’ backstabbing‚ literally. There are different types of betrayal‚ but it’s more drastic to be betrayed by a friend‚ possibly because it’s least expected while being hated by someone like an enemy is always awaited. A friend is someone anybody can personally trust. People express‚ share feelings and experience memories with their friends. Being betrayed by a friend will cause

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    Julius Caesar Is there a person who is entirely good or entirely bad? No‚ humans are not like that. Life is not a Hollywood movie where there is a good guy and a bad guy. Humans are more complicated than that. Depending on the situation‚ they can be good or bad; they can’t be all good or all bad. That is one of the reasons many people like Shakespeare’s plays‚ because characters are not moral absolutes. They are complicated and psychologically similar to how people would react to situations in real

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    Roman of them all was because he put Rome before his friendship with Caesar. Although it was not an easy decision to assassinate Caesar. I believed that he thought it was the best thing for Rome. As Brutus stabbed Caesar‚ he was the only person who did it without personal thoughts. Although some choices are tough he knew that sometimes the right choices did not come easy. Some Weakness Brutus showed in the play Julius Caesar were Brutus sense of honor. This weakness caused him to believe other

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    The Only Thing Dead About Latin is Julius Caesar When I was a kid‚ any time I asked my parents what my ethnicity was‚ I got the same response. On my father’s side‚ a concise: Italian and German. My mother‚ on the other hand‚ never really could give me a straight answer‚ preferring to sum it up in a classic example of her southern slang‚ “I’m Heinz 57. A little bit of everythang.” My family never truly was attached to any cultural traditions‚ the last of my mostly Italian heritage disappearing

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    fellow?” When the cobbler explains that he is celebrating the return of Caesar‚ Murellus begins a long rant about the fickleness of the Roman people. He appears to be ‘anti-caesar’ or opposed to Caesar‚ perhaps because they supported Pompey. Flavius shares this sentiment since he assists in chasing the commoners and instructing them to take down the images of Caesar. They are used to show that not everyone was in favour of Caesar and he was not truly ‘loved by all’. Also‚ the long monologue with Murellus

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    from day to day‚ To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out‚ out‚ brief candle! (5.5. 21-25) The repetition of “to-morrow” accentuates the monotony of his life. Macbeth’s vaulting ambition brought him to a point where he is isolated and every aspect of his life is futile‚ and this repetition and the image of a candle being extinguished emphasizes this. His demise signifies that toiling for all the wrong reasons and end goals will only

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    When Julius Caesar dies‚ Antony wants to go to the marketplace and give a speech at his funeral(Holt). Brutus is alright with it‚ but Brutus wants to go first in front of Antony’s speech. They both are great speeches and both use either logos‚ ethos and pathos very well. When we compare and contrast the two speeches we see who went wrong or what went wrong and will also see who used logos‚ ethos or pathos the best. When Brutus thought of his speech he overestimated his audience(enotes).

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    “The Saddest things about betrayal is that it never comes from your own Enemies”. “It comes from your friends and loved ones” (Search Quotes). To demonstrate‚ Julius Caesar was Brutus’s best friend and Caesar thought he would never betray him however‚ Brutus ended up stabbing him. Brutus betrayed Caesar because he thought it would be better for Rome. In the same way‚ Judas was one of Jesus disciples and at the last supper he betrayed Jesus with a kiss. Judas wanted something in return for

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    and giving the head to Caesar when he arrived. Caesar‚ who arrived to find his son-in-law’s head in a basket‚ was not amused with Ptolemy’s decision to kill a distinguished Roman general and statesman and ended Ptolemy’s control over his own kingdom in favor of his sister Cleopatra VII (Mathisen 2012: 323). This in turn eventually led to the ‘annexation’ of Egypt into the future Roman Empire under Emperor Augustus. After spending the winter in Egypt with Cleopatra‚ Caesar returned to Rome in the

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